RON MERRILL, Weymouth: Honor the sacrifices on both sides in Civil War

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Sep 7, 2017 at 12:01 AMSep 7, 2017 at 10:51 AM

TO THE EDITOR:

I don't agree that all monuments from the Civil War should be damaged or taken down.

The Civil War should never be glorified or celebrated. It can also never be forgotten.

The population of America back then was far less than today. Everyone had to have lost family or friends. The entire war cost half a million lives. The Battle of Gettysburg 7,000.

To picute Gettysburg, to take 140 rolls of pennies, break them open and scatter them on the floor of a classroom. Each penny a dead or dying soldier. Pick them up into it individually, no vacuums are brooms.

This tragic loss is what people should think of at a memorial.

RON MERRILL

Weymouth

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